Hair-curler.



M. W. STODDARD.

HAIR CURLER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30. I9! 1.

Patented 001;. 19; 1915.

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MAUD W. STODDABD, F MINNEAPOLIS, MIN

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HAIB-CUBLER.

Application filed September 30, 1911. Serial No. 852,21

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAUD 'W. STODDARD,

of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Curlers, of which the followin is a specification.

The object of my invention is to rovide a device by means of which the lair can be evenly and smoothly curled.

A further object is to provide a hair curler of simple. economical construction and one which can be easily and quickly applied to a curl of hair.

The invention consists generally in an inflexible member around which the curl is formed, and a. flexible, gripping member to hold thecurl in place.

I11 the accompanying drawings forming part. of this specification, Figure 1 is a view illustrating the device in use. Fig. 2 1s a perspective view showing the manner of forming the curl. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the construction of the device. Fig. l is a view of the flexible member of the curler. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modified constructions.

In the drawing, 2 represents the member around which the hair is curled. This member is preferably cylindrical in cross section and may be made of wood, fiber, or any other suitable material, and of suitable diameter, according to the size of the curl to be formed. The ends of the member 2 are provided with heads 3 having necks l uniting them with the ends of the member 2.

.3 is a means for holding the curl in place on the stick member 2, consisting of an elastic strip of suitable dimensions having loops 3 at. each end. The head on the end of the stick is inserted through the loop and when the curl is formed around the stick 2 the clamping strip 5 is stretched and put under Copies or this patent may be obtained for Specification or Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

tension and the head 1: the opposite end of the stick is inserted Iini the other loop. The clamping device will then be drawn snugly against the curl around the member 2 and will hold it securely in place.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified construction, in which the clamping or tension device consists of a strip 5 having a single loop 6 at one end and secured at its other end to the curling stick or member 2 by a suitable clip 7, thus permanently uniting the two parts of the hair curler together.

In Fig. (3 another modification is shown, in which a ferrule 8 is fitted on the end of the curling stick, the end of the tension memher 5 being clamped "between this ferrule and the end of the stick.

In various ways the details of construction herein may be modified without departin from the scope ofiny invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A hair curler consisting of a rigid bar having at one end a reduced neck and a head of greater diameter than the neck, and an elastic member attached to one end of the rigid bar and at the other end formed with an expansible eye of smaller diameter than the head of the rigid bar, substantially as described.

2. A hair curler consisting of a rigid bar having at each end a reduced neck and a head of greater diameter than the neck, and an elastic member of lesser length than the bar and formed at each end with an expansible eye of smaller diameter than the head of the rigid bar'.;

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 26 day of September 1911.

MAUI) w. STODDARD.

\Vitnesses:

GENEVIEVE E. Sonnxsax, Enwauo A. PAUL.

five cents each, by addressing the it gommlssloner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. f 

